Mind becomes one with consciousness in deep sleep. Mind has emanated from and in consciousness. The individual experiences are reality within the waking or dream. Individuality ceases to exist without the waking or dream. The one which witnesses the dream is not waking entity and one which witnesses the waking is not dream entity. The one which witness the deep sleep experience is neither dream entity not the waking entity. Then what is it that is aware of these three states, which come and go in succession.
It is the consciousness [soul] which is aware of all the three states, which comes and goes in succession. Thus it is the witness of the three states. It is also is the substance of the three states because it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. Thus consciousness is the common essence in dual and nondual experiences. The one, who discovers, understands and assimilates and realizes the essence as ultimate truth becomes free from experiencing the duality as reality. The consciousness exists with or without the duality. The birth, life, death and the world are within the mind or duality. And the consciousness is the formless substance witness of birth, life, death and the world [mind]. Consciousness [soul] is apart from the birth, life, death and the world, because it is not an object within the duality, but the duality [waking or dream] is an object to it. When one becomes aware of the fact that, the formless substance and witness are one in essence, then there is unity in diversity.
Where there is duality, one sees another, smells another, tastes another, speaks to another, hears another, touches another, thinks of another, knows another. But where there is unity, one without a second that is the world of consciousness. Knowing consciousness as ultimate truth is the supreme goal of life. Those who do not seek this Supreme goal live on in the false experience, experiencing it as reality.
The ignorance is ever present in duality, because the duality [mind] is the product of ignorance. To get rid of the ignorance is not possible without knowing the cause of the ignorance. Judging on the base of the ignorance and concluding on the base of ignorance and propagating it as truth with ornamental words, is misdirecting others from pursuit of truth. The point here is a parson and the world are within the appearance, but the person is not aware of knower of the appearance, which comes and goes as mind. The inquiry is more powerful then theories.
Seeker of truth wants to know; how to know the mind is mirage, which is only appearance. It is possible only through deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning based on the formless self. Therefore rectifying the seeking base is very much necessary in order to know “what is truth?” and “What is untruth?
It is easy to say the body and the world as illusion, but it is difficult accept them as illusion. It is very difficult to accept the body and world as illusion, on the base of false self, because man and his experience of the world exist within the illusion/mind. Until and unless one inquires into the nature of illusion/mind, and realize the fact that, man is false self , but the formless soul, is the true self , it is impossible to accept them as illusion.
Only when one indulges in deeper inquiry he becomes aware of the fact that mind is not within the physical body but the physical body including the universe are within the mind. The same way as the dream man and dream universe, were within the dream [mind], the waking man and waking universe are within the waking experience [mind]. Thus one has to trace the knower of the three states which appear and disappear in succession, in order to realize the appearance is mere mirage and the formless knower of the mirage is real and eternal. Thus, whatever exists without the appearance is consciousness without the ignorance/duality.
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Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Creator and creation is part of the duality. In non-duality there is neither creation nor creator. Cause and effect theory holds good only when one views and judges the worldview on the base of false self as real self.
When the seeking mind learns to view the worldview on the base of the soul, which is true self then he becomes aware of the true fact there is nothing exist other than soul, which is in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. The nature of the three states is consciousness. In absence the three states the consciousness alone exists as formless non-dual existence.
The people who believe god as creator will not be able to cross beyond the barricade of experience of duality/physicality. They get stagnant in believing duality or physical existence as reality.
To overcome this experience of illusory physical existence [mind] one has to investigate what is self first, whether 'ego ' is self or something else is self. Without knowing what is true self non duality is a distant dream.
One who is stuck with his inherited conditioning and accumulated knowledge from what he has read and assimilated and accepted them as truth, is not receptive to receive self- knowledge.
Seeker has to verify on every angle through inquiry, analysis and reasoning on his own and accept only un-contradicted truth. The spiritual truth cannot be contradicted. Religious truth is individual not universal.
Idea of God as a creator holds good theoretically .This idea of god is introduced by the organized religion and rulers in the past, to keep the mass in their control by conditioning the mass mindset, to be, to believe, to behave and live in the society by strictly following its ethics and code of conduct. But this idea of god becomes a biggest obstacle in pursuit of truth, because one is unable to cross the threshold of duality, which he experiences it as reality.
When duality accepted as reality then the birth, life, death and the world will prevail as reality. Thus, the false self[ego] prevails as true self , and thinks whatever it has seen, known ,believed and experienced as a person as reality.
When the mind becomes aware of its formless substance, and able to view and judge on the base of its formless substance, then there is neither the world, nor the perceiver of the world, nor the belief of god, exits as reality.
The whole illusion, in which man perceives the world, is created and sustained by consciousness. Therefore, the diversity within the consciousness is mere illusion. There is no second thing other than the consciousness, hence it is non dual. On the standpoint of the consciousness [soul] nothing exists, nothing ever existed; nothing will ever exit other then consciousness.
The mind has its origin in consciousness/soul. The three states are dependent on consciousness [soul] for their existence. During the deep sleep the waking and dream merges with consciousness. There is no second thing other than consciousness in its true nature. Hence it is non dual.
Consciousness [soul] is of the nature of knowing. Man, world and his belief of god depend on mind for their existence and mind depends on consciousness for its existence. If the reality of world bothers one and he is not ready to accept its illusory nature then he has to first inquire into the nature of the mind by inquiring “What is ‘I’?, then realize the fact that ‘I’ is not limited to physical entity alone but to the whole mind ,which appears and disappears as waking or dream.
By trying to know the truth as person, kicking the universe behind, it is impossible to acquire self-knowledge. Till one knows the consciousness [soul] one has only the mind [man + universe]. If one is unable to consider the world as illusion then it is realism. By considering the world as reality one is accepting the matter as reality. By accepting the matter as reality one will remain believing the birth, life and death as reality.
One has to realize the fact that, the matter [mind or universe] is dependent on consciousness for its existence. It cannot exist without the consciousness. The consciousness is the substance and witness of the matter [mind or universe]. Thus, substance and witness is one in essence, which is consciousness.
Holding the body and universe as reality, is holding the ignorance as reality. Holding the ignorance as reality is holding the illusion as reality. Holding the illusion as reality is holding the unreality as reality. Thus non-dual truth is impossible for those who believe in realism, because they have accepted untruth as ultimate truth.
The one which has the capacity to know is not the body but consciousness. The consciousness knows the body and the world together. Man and his universe co- exist within the mind. The Mind exists within the consciousness. Thus mind is body and the world together. The knower of the mind, which appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep is consciousness or soul.
One mistake body to be matter everything else as mind. But analysis shows the mind itself is the matter. Without the mind there is no matter. Whatever exists without the matter is real and ultimate and it is consciousness. When everything is consciousness then there is no second thing other then consciousness. Therefore on the standpoint of consciousness as self, everything is consciousness and diversity is mere mirage created out of consciousness. Hence man and world are mere illusion on the standpoint of the consciousness, which ultimate truth.
People are conditioned to view and judge the worldview on the stand point of the false self or ego. They can only understand what they are thought by their by parental grooming, religion societal ethics, accumulated knowledge and circumstances of life. They cannot think beyond physicality.
The seeker of truth is one who is ready verify and has courage to accept and reject the truth when he finds out what is truth and what is untruth. The meek will stick to their inherited conditioning remain experiencing duality as reality.
Pursuit of truth is not suited for religionists, realists and yogis who believe in conceptual god. Because religious idea of god, world, heaven, hell, sin karma, ceases to exist as real when one becomes aware of the non dual truth.
Seekers who are ready to accept only truth have to indulge in the pursuit of truth. And people who are satisfied with their faith and belief and accepted truth must continue without disturbing their present outfit.
